First of all, it's really important that you're getting this out to the American people, because what we have now is a president who's violating the power of the purse and impounding money, something that Nixon was not allowed to do [impound money] by the Supreme Court. Second, you're having the Solicitor General basically say that the president has an option as to whether he will follow a Supreme Court order. That is an extraordinary constitutional crisis. (01:50–01:53)
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Asserts that the Supreme Court did not allow Nixon to impound money.
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